When You're Fearless, You Take More Risks

You Can't Reinvent The Wheel. You've Got To Just Take The Best From All The Other Shows And Try To Make It Work, Because There's The "live Show Gods" That Dictate If There Are Going To Be Any Surprises, If There's A Very Commercial Film That's A Best Picture. There Are A Lot Of Things That Are Out Of My Control, But I Do My Best.

You Can't Show A Four-hour Movie In A Theater, Really.

I Learn More From The Audience Than I Can From Anybody Else. Not From What They Write On The Scorecards, But How They Respond To The Movie While They're Watching It - Where They Laugh And Where They React.

I Ask My Assistants If They're Retarded All The Time. When The Camera Is On You, Of Course, Actors Have The Ability To Make It Real. For Me, If I'm Not Talking, It Is A Problem. I Have So Much More Respect For Actors After Being In Front Of The Camera, And I Realize That The Hardest Part Is When You're Not Talking. Listening Is Harder Than Just Acting. Listening Is The Hardest Part.

Everyone Who Knows Me Knows That I Don't Have A Prejudiced Bone In My Body.